Protective prion protein
Dr Heledd Griffiths discusses how the prion protein may help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by keeping the levels of β-amyloid in check.
Presenter: Dr Heledd Griffiths, Camera and Editing: Tim Lee, Producer: Juliet Jopson
Dr Heledd Griffiths is a visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds, and part of Prof Nigel Hooper’s research group which has recently moved from Leeds to the Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester.
Learn more about the role of prion protein in β-amyloid toxicity and how cholesterol is involved.